Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent registered.

[NOTE.--The name of the patentee is given in brackets ;
the date is that of registration.]

No. 9111.--The Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the
City of Christchurch, New Zealand, cess-pan and
cover. [A. W. Jones.] 21st September, 1900.

No. 10490.--The Peerless Cooker Company, Limited, a
company duly incorporated and carrying on business at
Sydney, New South Wales, steam cooker. [G. A. Amos.]
18th September, 1900.

No. 11284.--Niels Percival Bidstrup, of Broadford, Vic-
toria, Mechanical Engineer's Improver, milk - supplying
apparatus. An undivided moiety, half-part, share, or in-
terest. [J. Marchbank.] 18th September, 1900.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Notice of Request to amend Specification.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 1900.

A REQUEST for leave to amend the specification relat-
ing to the under-mentioned application for Letters
Patent has been received, and is open to public inspection
at this office. Any person may, at any time within one
month from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in
writing of opposition to the amendments. Such notice
must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in
duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 12946.--3rd September, 1900.--GEORGE SMITH CASE
FORD, of Harriett Street, Thorndon, Wellington, New Zea-
land, Government Messenger. Improvements in glazing or
polishing shirt-fronts, collars, cuffs, and other articles.

The nature of the proposed amendments is as follows :—

1. To strike out the word “Government,” before the word
   “Messenger,” line 7, page 1.

2. To insert the words “after bleaching it with hydro-
   chloric or other acid ” after the word “and,” line 18, page 1.

3. To insert the words “hydrated stannous chloride (salts
   of tin)” after the words “benzoic acid,” line 19, page 1.

4. To insert the words “and 3½ oz. of hydrated stannous
   chloride or other mordant” after the words “benzoic acid,”
   line 20, page 1.

5. To insert the word “are” in place of the words “is
   a,” line 20, and the word “quantities” in place of the word
   “quantity,” line 21, page 1.

6. To insert the word “bleached” before the words “boric
   acid,” line 2, claim 1.

7. To strike out the word “and” after the words “boric
   acid,” and to insert the words “and hydrated stannous
   chloride (salts of tin) or other mordant, water, and [or]
   spirit” after the words “benzoic acid,” line 3, claim 1.

8. To insert the word “bleached” before the words “boric
   acid,” line 1, claim 2.

9. To strike out the word “and” after the words “borio
   acid,” and to insert the words “and hydrated stannous
   chloride (salts of tin), water, and [or] spirit” after the words
   “benzoic acid,” line 2, claim 2.

The applicant states as his reason for making this amend-
ment: “The omission to insert the words was due to inad-
vertence.”

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Applications for Letters Patent abandoned.

L IST of applications for Letters Patent (with which
provisional specifications only have been lodged)
abandoned from the 13th September, 1900, to the 26th Sep-
tember, 1900, inclusive :—

No. 12169.--W. H. Cutten, dredge-bucket.
No. 12171.--J. D. Walsh, instrument for use in slaughter-
ing cattle.
No. 12172.--J. H. Elstob, bicycle-support.
No. 12195.--A. W. Chatfield, water-proofing-compound.
No. 12196.--W. Grayson, staple-drawer.
No. 12198.--J. Smaill, prospecting-implement.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Applications for Letters Patent lapsed.

L IST of applications for Letters Patent (with which com-
plete specifications have been lodged) lapsed from the
13th September, 1900, to the 26th September, 1900, inclu-
sive ;—

Letters Patent void.

IST of Letters Patent void through non-payment of fees
from the 13th September, 1900, to the 26th Septem-
ber, 1900, inclusive :—

THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 8581.--R. Young, amalgamator.
No. 8582.--E. Davies and A. Harrison, tire-protector.
No. 8585.--J. C. Firth, coal-distributor, for use in loading
vessels.
No. 8586.--S. Robinson, steam-engine.
No. 8588.--C. O. Kmp, cycle handle and steering-bar.
No. 8589.--W. P. Wynne and T. Tregurtha, concentrator.
No. 8595.--T. Salkeld, gate.
No. 8597.--The Folk-Ellis Patent Marine Governor and
Safety Cut-off Company, Limited, preventing “racing” of
marine engines (S. M. Folk and D. S. Ellis).
No. 8598.--E. F. Turner, treating ores.
No. 8603.--F. R. Trevithick and E. H. Barber, cycle
driving-gear.
No. 8605.--G. Claydon and H. Wood, automatic stoker.
No. 8606.--J. S. Woodhouse, cost-finder.
No. 9146.--F. L. and H. W. Teed, gas-burner regulating-
device.

THROUGH NON-PAYMENT OF THIRD-TERM FEES.
No. 6245.--L. H. Young, locking nuts on bolts.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Applications for Registration of Trade Marks.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th September, 1900.

APPLICATIONS for registration of the following trade
marks have been received. Notice of opposition to
the registration of any of these applications may be lodged
at this office within two months of the date of this Gazette.
Such notice must be in duplicate, and accompanied by a fee
of £1.

No. of application: 3060.
Date: 10th August, 1900.

TRADE MARK.

NAME.

THOMPSON AND HILLS, of Wellesley Street West, Auckland,
New Zealand, Fruit-preservers.

No. of class: 42.

Description of goods: Preserved fruits.